ROBERT SCHUMANN
PIANO MUSIC SERIES
Cho has established a concert series featuring piano works by Robert Schumann in eight different states. Her performances of Schumann's works have been broadcast worldwide on Parma Recordings Live Stage and nationally on WFMT 98.7FM, KOPN Columbia 89.5FM, KUCO Edmond-Oklahoma City, the International Music Foundation YouTube channel, and the Sheldon Concert Hall YouTube channel, among others. Her enthusiasm for Robert Schumann has led her to write an article titled "What Makes Robert Schumann Schumann: Schumann's Creation of Fantasy Borrowed from Literature, Especially E. T. A. Hoffmann's Novel 'The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr'.
THE MENDELSSOHNS
This program celebrates the works of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, two of the most famous siblings of the Romantic period. Though they shared a deep artistic collaboration, Fanny’s works remained unpublished during her lifetime, performed only in private salons, while Felix’s compositions gained public acclaim. This concert highlights her voice alongside his, with her Easter Sonata as the centerpiece, inviting a reevaluation of her role in their shared musical legacy.
Supported by Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Musicians Club of Women, and Stateline Music Foundation, performances have taken place at Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago (livestreamed), Stateline Music Foundation Concert Series, and Freeport Community Concert Series.
CÉCILE CHAMINADE
French female composer-pianist Cécile Chaminade stood as one of the most prominent musical figures and celebrities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. Her extraordinary success in the U.S. as a French woman composer is particularly noteworthy, especially considering the gender barriers faced by female musicians during that time.
While also recognized in Europe, particularly in France and England, her reception in the U.S. cannot be paralleled to that in Europe. Despite having only one American tour in 1908, enthusiasm for her and her compositions had already taken root in the U.S. more than a decade before the tour.
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Cho has given lectures and performances on Chaminade in Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma since the 2021-2022 season.
KOINONIA TRIO
HYEJIN CHO, piano
CHRISTINE HARADA LI, violin
NATHANIEL PIERCE, cello
The Koinonia Trio's mission is closely related to their trio name, “Koinonia,” a transliterated form of a Greek word, which means 'a gift jointly contributed.’ Since its formation, the trio has won 1st Prizes at the American Prize and the Briggs Chamber Music, and was awarded the University of Michigan Performing Arts EXCELerator Grant Fellowship as well as a $10,000 grant from the Binkow Endowment for Chamber Music. The Koinonia has performed in New York, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Alaska and 5 cities in Europe as a part of a tour in Austria, Germany and Italy. The trio has been invited by many music festivals including the Innsbrook Institute, the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival, and the Maui Classical Music Festival, and has given outreach concerts and workshops at schools and retirement homes.
DUO CHO-DOTTO
HYEJIN CHO, piano
ARIANNA DOTTO, violin
The Duo Cho-Dotto, throughout their studies in solo performance in Europe, Asia, and the United States, have developed a passionate advocacy of chamber music played by two soloists uniquely joined in performance. Since meeting in 2017, the two musicians have shared their passionate love of violin-piano duo repertoire.
